The Writings of George Eliot (in 25 vols)
by Eliot, George [Mary Ann Evans]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. First thus. Fine. Large Paper Edition limited to 750 of which this is 183. Finely bound in half crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spines. Twenty-five volumes (6 1/4 x 9 inches) occupying approximately 37 1/2 inches(95 1/4 cm.) of shelf space. Top edges brightly gilt. Remaining edges deckled. The following volumes signed in pencil by the illustrators: in volume one by C. E. Walmsley, eight by Ambrose Dudley, ten by Archibald... Read More
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher's advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads for the third edition of "Autobiography of Dr Alexander Carlyle"] pp. Original cinnamon diagonal ripple-grain cloth (Carter A, no priority established) with covers decoratively paneled in blind and spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge rough-trimmed, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Original cream-colored endpapers. Booksellers... Read More
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Scenes of Clerical Life (in 2 vols.)
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 187 x 117 mm.). [4], 366; [2], 381, [1, blank] pp. Bound without the half-title in Volume I and without the half-title and fly-title in Volume II. Bound ca. 1858 in half dark green hard-grain morocco, ruled in blind, over marbled boards. Spines ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. Scattered light foxing and soiling. Marginal paper-flaw to... Read More
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The Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by Old Masters (in 2 vols.)
by [Bible in English]
London: R. Bowyer, 1795. First thus. Near Fine. Two large quarto volumes (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches; 318 x 248 mm.). Unpaginated. Text in double columns. With two copper-engraved title-pages (with a separate title-page for the New Testament) and sixty-two plates (including two frontispieces) from the works of Dürer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens, and others. Lower corner of 3H3 (possible paper-fault) torn away with no loss of text. Some foxing to a few of the plates, otherwise... Read More
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The Spanish Pole-Cat: or, the Adventures of Seniora Rufina..
by [Erotic Literature] Castillo Soloranzo, Alonso de
London: Printed for E. Curll in Fleet Street, 1717. First thus. Contemporary full calf with gilt label to spine. All edges speckled red. Measuring 155 x 90mm and collating complete including frontis and terminal advertisement: [4], 394, [2]. Shelfwear to extremities and slight bowing to boards. Contemporary annotations to front pastedown and front and rear endpapers with portions of rear endpapers excised; rear pastedown neatly removed. Internally a clean copy with a long closed tear to pages 213-214 professionally... Read More
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The Petticoat: An Heroi-comical Poem. In two books
by [Erotic Literature] [Chute, Francis]
London: R. Burleigh [false imprint for E. Curll], 1716. First edition. Bound to style in quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt to spine. All edges marbled. Measuring 185 x 112mm and collating complete including half title: [4], iii, [1, blank], 39, [1, blank]. With catchword 'behold' on page 27 and floral ornament above 'Finis' on page 39 as called for. A Fine example, unmarked and fresh. A scarce piece of erotic satire, ESTC records copies at 11 U.S.... Read More
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Memoirs of Henrietta Caracciolo, of the Princes of Forino. Ex Benedictine Nun
by [Erotic Literature] [Caracciolo, Henrietta]
London: Richard Bentley, 1864. First English language edition. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with morocco label to spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 179 x 119mm and collating complete including photographic frontis: x, 374. A square, tight copy with some loss to upper spine label and gentle rubbing to boards. Amorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light scattered foxing largely confined to preliminary and terminal leaves; pages 161-162 partially detached but holding. A female-authored memoir that participates in... Read More
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A Collection of Travels Thro' Various Parts of the World...Containing an Accurate Account of the Religion, Laws, Manners, Commerce, and Constitution of Many Different Nations (in 2 vols.)
by [Erotic Literature] Derrick, Samuel
London: John Wilkie, 1762. First edition. With title page of volume II erroneously dated MDCCXII as called for by ESTC. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, measuring 168 x 100mm and collating complete: [20], 338; [12], 324. A square copy with joints professionally renewed; some chipping to spine labels and gentle shelfwear to boards. Faint dampstaining to lower corner of contents in volume I and paper loss to upper corner of pages 203-204 affecting 9 lines each. Volume II... Read More
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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid in which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners
by [Euclid] Byrne, Oliver
London: William Pickering, 1847. First edition. Quarto (233 x 188 mm). A Very Good copy. Geometric title page vignette and extensive diagrams printed in red, yellow, and blue, wood-engraved headpieces, ornamental initials by C. Whittingham of Chiswick, text printed in Caslon old-face type. Contemporary blue pebble-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, black coated endpapers, edges red. With 1918 pencil ownership signature to half-title. Light bumping, wear, and cockling, front joint starting at foot but holding... Read More
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The Golden Book of St. John Chrysostom, Concerning the Education of Children. Translated out of the Greek
by [Evelyn, John] J.E., Esq
London: B.M. for G. Bedel and T. Collins, 1659. First edition. Twelvemo measuring 90 x 140mm (pages). Collates complete: [48], 90, [6]. Internally a pleasing copy, trimmed a bit close along the header but always retaining the page number and running titles. Small closed tear to lower margin of A6; some light marginal soiling on occasion, not affecting text. Several examples of contemporary ink marginalia and manicules. Finely bound in full red morocco with gilt to spine and boards;... Read More
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Adventures of a London Doll...Written by Herself
by Fairstar, Mrs. (illustrated by Miss Margaret Gillies)
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Second edition. Very Good +. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards with gilt to spine. Light rubbing to boards and spine, and gentle bumps to corners. Marbled endpapers. Early ownership signature of Emma Billings Hathaway to front endpaper. Frontis a bit loose at bottom corner but holding well; first signature a bit proud. Tape repairs to margins of pages 5-6 and 7-8 not affecting text. Occasional light scattered foxing. Measures 127 x 190mm.... Read More
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Report of the d'Hauteville Case: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. At the Suggestion of Paul Daniel Gonsalve Grand d'Hauteville versus...Ellen Sears Grand d'Hauteville. Habeas Corpus for the Custody of an Infant Child
by [Family Law] [Women's Rights] [Sears, Ellen]
Philadelphia: W. S. Martien, 1840. First edition. [bound with] The Petition of Henry C. De Rham, to the General Assembly of Rhode Island, To Except Paul Daniel Gonsalve Grand d'Hauteville, From the Operation of the Law 'To Secure the Fulfillment of Certain Contracts and for the Relief of Married Women in Certain Cases.' Together with a Remonstrance of Ellen S. d'Hauteville...Providence: Knowles & Vose, 1841. First edition. [bound with] Review of the d'Hauteville Case: Recently Argued and... Read More
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Memoirs of the Nobility, Gentry &c. of Thule: or, The Island of Love. Being a Secret History of Their Amours, Artifices, and Intrigues (in 2 vols.)
by [Erotic Literature] [Sex Work] Fantosme
London: Printed for W. Webb, 1742. First edition. Bound to style in 19th century sheep with morocco and gilt to spines. Measuring 168 x 96mm and with occasional mispagination but collating complete: xxiv, 300; [2], 336. Some offsetting to preliminary and terminal leaves and occasional light foxing and marginal chips not affecting text; discreet archival repairs to short tear on pages 115-116 and long tear to 285-286 of volume I preserving all text. Early amateur cloth tape repair to... Read More
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Soldier's Pay
by Faulkner, William
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. A Near Fine copy of the book in Very Good only dust jacket. Book clean and fresh, with a small Nashville bookseller's label on the rear paste-down. Dust jacket only Very Good on account of some moderate chipping at the spine ends and corners, one inch tear near the crown repaired on the verso with tape. Flap folds starting to crack, reinforced on the verso with archival... Read More
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To a Co-Ed" in Ole Miss. The Yearbook of the University of Mississippi. Volume XXIV
by [Faulkner, William]
[Oxford, Mississippi], 1920. First edition. Embossed sheep over card, stamped in gilt to front board. Marbled endpapers. A bit of rubbing and shelfwear to covers; spine cracked and several signatures loose but in all holding well. Ownership stamp to front pastedown. Internally a pleasing example, with minimal wear and no marking. A Fine copy of this scarce piece, which does not appear in the auction record and of which there is no other example on the market; the present... Read More
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Pylon (Signed limited edition)
by Faulkner, William
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo. Original blue cloth over silver boards with blue airplane stamped on the front board, silver top-stain. Number 133 of 310 signed limited copies, with the signed limitation page in the rear. A Near Fine copy of the book with the spine faded, minor rubbing to silver boards and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title, otherwise appearing clean and unread. Lacking the publisher's cardboard... Read More
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Go Down, Moses and Other Stories
by Faulkner, William
New York: Random House, 1942. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book, fresh and unread. Primary binding in black cloth, stamped in red and gilt and with a deep red topstain. Original bookstore ticket on the rear pastedown. In a price-clipped dust jacket that is otherwise in Near Fine condition with just minimal wear at the spine ends and a touch of rubbing at the corners. First issue jacket with 8 titles on the rear... Read More
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A Fable (Signed limited edition)
by Faulkner, William
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing, one of 1,000 copies signed and numbered by William Faulkner. Publisher's blue cloth. Top edge dark blue. Some toning to endpapers at gutter and some offsetting from title-page to facing blank. Publisher's glassine dust jacket quite chipped, with back panel separating. Some dustsoiling and shelfwear to publisher's slipcase. A bright, Near Fine copy of the book in the Very Good slipcase and Good glassine. William... Read More
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The Unvanquished (Signed limited edition)
by Faulkner, William
New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine. Octavo, original half burgundy cloth and patterned paper boards, top edge gilt. Number 164 of two hundred fifty signed copies. Complete with author's signature on the limitation page. A Near Fine copy of the book with the spine a bit faded and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title, otherwise a very pleasing copy. Lacking the publisher's acetate jacket, but with a new mylar. Personal responsibility and the... Read More
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The Sound and the Fury
by Faulkner, William
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good +. A Near Fine copy of the book in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Book with a bright white spine, previous owner's bookplate on the front paste-down and just slight toning and wear at extremities. Jacket with the spine well faded, as usual, and a small repair to the front lower corner, replacing a small chip. Additional wear at the crown, but no other repairs... Read More
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Requiem for a Nun (Signed limited edition)
by Faulkner, William
New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number 9 of 750 copies of the signed limited edition. Book in Near Fine condition with spine a trifle faded at the base and a previous owner's stamp on the half-title, otherwise quite fresh. In a Near Fine example of the publisher's acetate dust jacket with a small chip out of the lower corner and one or two short cracks. "This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational... Read More
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The Wild Palms (Signed Limited Edition)
by Faulkner, William
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. About Fine. Octavo, with burgundy quarter cloth over wood-grain papered boards. Copy 148 of two hundred fifty copies, signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Slightest bit of chipping to edges, otherwise Fine. A clean, square and bright copy of this literary classic. Consisting of two interwoven short stories with opposing perspectives on love, grief, and sacrifice, The Wild Palms is one of Faulkner's most experimental works. "When I reached... Read More
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Women's Suffrage. A Short History of a Great Movement
by Fawcett, Millicent Garrett
London & Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1912. First edition. Fine. Small octavo (measures 165 x 107mm). Original green publisher's cloth binding with spine and front board lettered in black. A clean, square, tight copy. Offsetting to front and rear endpapers, else internally a surprisingly fresh, clean-margined copy. Well represented institutionally but uncommon in trade, this title rarely appears in such pleasing condition. "The torch which was lighted by Mary Wollstonecraft was never afterwards extinguished,"... Read More
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Infantine Stories; in Words of One, Two, and Three Syllables
by Fenwick, Eliza
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816. Early edition. Very Good. Twelvemo. 144 pp. With six copper-engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary quarter roan over drab boards. Spine titled and ruled in gilt. Edgewear, mostly to corners. Contemporary ink inscription, "Schoolroom Eatington" (?), to front pastedown. Tear to center of one plate with minor loss to part of the image. Fore-edge of lower flyleaf cropped a bit short. Some contemporary ink marginalia. Still a Very Good, internally clean... Read More
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Rosalind, a Pastoral. To the Memory of the Right Honourable the Countess Granville
by [Fermor, Lady Sophia]; Anonymous
London: Printed for M. Cooper in Pater-Noster Row, 1745. First edition. Fine. Recent marbled card wrappers. Bookplate of J.O. Edwards to front pastedown. Folio measuring 195 x 310mm and collating 7, [1]: complete. Pro-Patria watermark as called for. Internally a wide margined and fresh copy, with a slight central fold across the title page and small paper repair to the inner margin of same page not affecting text. An exceedingly scarce work in praise of a woman who... Read More
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